Archive for the ‘Rants’ Category
DSL Shaft
So I get my new apartment and sign up for speakeasy dsl. Their site and DSLreports both say that I can get 6.0 down. So I sign up for it, the line gets connected ect. When I get it all hooked up and start a download from kernel.org I’m only getting about 2mbit. So I [...]
American Cheese Abuse
American cheese pisses me off. How dare it try to take the place of cheddar. Omelettes, breakfast sandwiches. I see this shit cropping up everywhere. American cheese has one place. The grilled cheese sandwich and it’s not all that great there. PLEASE PEOPLE, COMPANIES!! Bring back the cheddar. For me. For everyone. On a side [...]
MySQL Authentication Denial
It seems to me that a lot of people have auth denial when trying to make connections to MySQL. They seem to ignore the text of the error message. ‘Access Denied’ means access denied, nothing else. Remember three things have to match. The host as MySQL sees it, the username, and the password. When MySQL [...]
Dear Microsoft UK’s Nick McGrath
This is in response to Robert Jaquez’ article Linux security is a ‘myth’, claims Microsoft. “Who is accountable for the security of the Linux kernel? Does Red Hat, for example, take responsibility?” Nick’s Answer: “It cannot, as it does not produce the Linux kernel. It produces one distribution of Linux.” My Answer: Yes infact Redhat [...]
Sushi does not mean raw fish.
Recently I have been trying to get people from work to go to a near by sushi bar. So far there has only been one taker and he loved it. We have been back since then at his suggestion. The most common reason for not going has been, “I don’t like raw fish.” To which [...]
Orbitz Saver Commercials.
Orbitz has been trying to get people to spend money they don’t have for a few months now. They have come out with this marketing campaign that basically says “You don’t have any excuses for not traveling somewhere”. The commercials go something like this: *music* Don’t think twice! *voice* But I just maxed out all [...]
Links and the advent of tabbed browsers.
Tabbed browsers have made the target=_new _blank or _top style links annoying and useless. In the old days these links allowed visitors to easily return to your site after viewing a few pages of off site content. Now they are a sneaky surprise that shows up like a hand grenade for those of us that [...]
Freedom Fries
I know this is a little late but it came up in a conversation today. French as in ‘french fries’ has nothing to do with the culture or people. In cooking ‘to french’ is a verb meaning “to cut into thin strips”. French: 1. To cut (green beans, for example) into thin strips before cooking. [...]